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So, You Want Single-Payer Healthcare?
May 11, 2008 | 1:03 PM
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I've posted a great number of ominous stories regarding the reality of socialized medicine in Europe. Some Americans have the attitude that we can do it better, cheaper and more efficiently. Well if the recent stories about our VA hospitals haven't caused you to doubt, read this doctor's account of how TriCare- a service company for our military and a government run and paid for entity-has such poor service, such lack of network accessibility that patients are not being served as well as even Medicare and Medicaid patients. Americans by and large are used to a system where you either pay for insurance and pay out of pocket co-pays or one that is all encompassing as in the true HMO model. But when this is applied to offer unlimited services to everyone without any sort of accountability, the number of patients goes up  and the doctors are spread more thinly than they are now. So read this, see what an American doctor says and while you are at it, read about Canadian doctors that have chosen to leave practices and move elsewhere. This is a huge issue this election and people need to pay attention because somebody has to pay for such sweeping programs. And it is just as likely to be the little guy as the big corporations. Everyone would have to take a hit.
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UCantHandleThisTruth read my blog
May 12, 2008 | 11:46 AM

Even "fiscal conservatives" go for some sort of csocialist plan
ITS OVER FOLKS ITS OVER

THE AMBITIOUS WILL BE ENSLAVED BY THE IGNORANT

LOOK AT YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS
THEY GRADE THE KIDS WITH FLASE GRADES SO WHEN ITS COLLEGE TIME THE AP PERSON LOOKS LIKE THE ACADEMIC STUDENT

ONLY THE ATHLETES ARE ALLOWED TO BE THEMSELVES EVEN WHEN THAT INCLUDES ILLEGAL ACTIVITY

CAN YOU SAY PACMAN??
UCantHandleThisTruth read my blog
May 12, 2008 | 11:49 AM

Its going to take a minorityu of people ala 1700's USA to physically take on the status quo.

The politically correct are still making advancements, albeit smaller than before but they are in more positions than ever so even smaller advancements are still enough to smash freedom lovers
runaround read my blog
May 12, 2008 | 12:36 PM

It is all messed up. The doctor's gravitate to where the money is and less hassles with insurance claims. The government has allowed corporations to take over this great country and run it. And running it they are, into the ground, with greed in mind and not paying for medical services that are needed. We are all in for a very scary ride in the near future.
UCantHandleThisTruth read my blog
May 12, 2008 | 1:13 PM

"government has allowed corporations to run it into the ground"

got that one wrong friend.

It was because of the government that companies even offered the plans that DID BENEFIT US then it was the government once again that stepped in with the HMO's which was the BEGINING OF THE END OF FREE MARKET AS THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TEAMED UPWITH THE HMO'S TO CONTROLL (SERVICES) COSTS AND THAT HAS BEOME THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CLINTON/OBAMA/MCCAIN UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE SOCIALIST BULLJUNK
TexanInfidel read my blog view my photos
May 12, 2008 | 1:27 PM

Like it or not, money drives success. That is the beauty of capitalism. I don't want any government entity telling me what doctors I can see.

They can't run anything, why should they be allowed to run healthcare? And people say that it is "free" healthcare - do you realize that you pay more in taxes than you would for a decent insurance policy? Wait until you have to wait 6 months for a life saving surgery that ends up being performed by some guy who got his medical degree in Pakistan or Mexico.

The best thing we can do to lower insurance prices is cap malpractice. That way the doctors can make a living without turning to cosmetic surgeries.
JMIBUILDER
May 12, 2008 | 2:17 PM

I used to be a military brat and the military hospitals had a waiting period for appiontments for a specific ailment and depending on the doctor there would be a waiting period. It is the same waiting period if I were to see a specialist for a good ENT doctor. However, if you were to see a cardiologist and wait for that appiontment and you have chest pains, you go to the emergency room and will be seen right away and be admitted if need be. It is the same in the private sector. But if we have a plan similar to California, which is ran similar to military hospitals, and pay a nominal fee of $650 a month for medical, dental and vision, I think this would be the way to go. Sure they have state taxes, but we have enough of people in Texas that are starving for descent health care, that there would be no need for state taxes to supplement a program like this. Keep the politics out of this program and it will work. Keep it at state levels and it will work.
Pete_C read my blog view my photos
May 12, 2008 | 2:32 PM

I do not care how other countries have messed up their health care system; but I know ours is messed up and needs work.

I do not think that I should have to pay higher premiums for my health insurance because others opt not to get insurance and then go to the doctor / emergency room and get treated and do not pay.
I do not think that I should have to pay more if I pay cash than I would if my insurance were paying.
I do not think that if my health insurance lists a provider as approved and agreed to accept their coverage for 100% of the bill on approved proceedures , and I am assured when I leave that I owe nothing that I should later receive a bill in the mail because they miscoded something or could not figure out how to get reimbursed.

We need to fix the system we have because it is broken. It is no longer performance driven with supply and demand regulating the costs. It is not a capitialist enterprise. It is a Barristocracy, run by ambulance chasers (Lawyers) who set the rules to maximize their profit at the expense of both the doctors and patients. Insurers and Doctors both must take precautions to shield themselves from the litigious parties interested in enriching themselves at the expense of all others.

Those who go outside the box (pay cash) are suspect and those who ask not to be subjected to unnecessary expensive tests designed to protect against the Barristocracy are too.

We need to have a system in place which is not subject to the greed of the trial lawyer; and one which provides for the uninsured.

I think that an ideal method would be to
TexasTruBlu read my blog view my photos
May 12, 2008 | 5:52 PM

Yes, we pay higher insurance rates because our payments have to cover the costs for those who opt out. That's already happening. Add the tax increase to provide services at public hospitals and it's a far higher rate. What bothers me is that if the single payer system only taxes some of the people but provides services-without documentation I am sure-then we might as well just say we will provide medical care for the world for free.
UCantHandleThisTruth read my blog
May 13, 2008 | 11:33 AM

ttb
how true how tru
TexasTruBlu read my blog view my photos
May 13, 2008 | 6:31 PM

Hey, right now there are Congresspersons that insist it is profiling to ask for identification when voting. That's known legally as a precedent. Having established that as a norm, then public hospitals would be forced to accept any and all comers for medical aid. And folks, somebody has to pay. I pay $454 right now for basic health, dental and vision. It would double or triple under a single payer system because the same folks paid under the table would not pay for services.
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I am a teacher, a mother and wife and I like to think I am a pretty good citizen. I read ALOT. I also write a good deal on various blogs. I appreciate a chance to respond to what we see in the news. I think that by posting our opinions we can probably find that everyone is more alike than we are willing to admit. Face it, people just like to argue. I would also like to say how much I appreciate having a forum for my views.

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